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THE
PUBLISIOD DAILY (SUNDAYS NICOVINDI.
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICE. No. 111 EOLITH FOURTH STREW?
TUE DAILY rtuess,
.PIPTICEN GREYS PER WEEK, payable to the SWIM
Nailed to Sabecrlbere bat of the City at Bitylie DOLLARS'
TER ANatra, Thome DOLLAIte AND rfrrir (7Es^es eon. SIX
lifonthe, Or i n DOLLAR AND Severn-Plea MINTS ifOlt
Taxer Norrsts Invaziabl7 in advance for the time or
dered.
1/// - Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Viz
;Lines sonstitute a gunfire.
THAI TRI-WICICKLY mess,
Malted to subscribers oat of the City at. Yon DojLAla
Ve Larch. to advance.'
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
COMPLETE
STiEiA.IVX-powmxt
PA IN TIN G OFFICE.
Confidently relying upon the patronage of a generous
n d appreciative public, we have, at great expense,
'procured all the necessary Tres, MACHINERY, new
%Passau, etc., to organize a
COMPLETE PRINTING OFFICE,
Valli famished with all the facilities for executing
every description of Printing, from the
SMALLEST OARDS
LARGEST POSTERS,
Cheaply, Expedltiausly,
ANO IN A SUPERIOR STYLE
Orders ere respectfully solicited for Printing
IlkoollB.
rkkalitETS.
BILLS ADS.
CERTIFICATES. TAGS,
ENVELOPES.
HANDBILLS,
CSIROULA.I3.f3,
NOTION,
MANIFESTS,
BILLS OF CARING,
LETTER HEADINGS.
NOTE HEADINGS,
Lod even , other description of
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING,
Which Professional, Artistic, Mercantile. or Mechanical
paroling may require.
'We possess superior facilities for printing large Pos.
tors for THEATRES. CONCERTS, OPERAS. PUBLIC
tiIEETINGB, and. RECRUITING OFFICES.
IN BLACK OR FANCY COLORS,
AND FOR ILLIHITRATING THEM WITH
"BEAUTIFIIL AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
I
We alao desire to call special attention to the fact,
that in consequence of the want generally felt for con
venient
ADDRESS LABELS.
•We have made arrangements for coating them on the
fleverse with a Mucilage similar to that used on Postage
Stamps, which is the most adhesive pieparation ever
discovered. All difficulty about fastening them to pack
ages is thus avoided, as the gummed side need o n ly
ise moistened to insure its firm adhesion, ADDRESS
JABELS of this description are in almost universal
use among the merchants of England, and those who
have used them in this city estimate highly their use
'fulness in avoiding trouble and delay, in the prepa
ration of packages for delivery. whether they are
forwarded by distant points or supplied to the local
• trade. Give them a trial.
MP All ordere, by. City Post or Mail, will receive
Prompt attention.
RING-WALT iNc BROWN,—
STEAM POWER PRINTERS,
Noe. 111 and 113 13013TH "FOURTH 6TR.33%
SEWING MACHINES.
SINGER & CO.'S
" IMITITIare A."
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
With all the new improvements— Hemmer, Braider.
Binder, Feller, Tacker, Corder, Gatherer, , ke., is the
CHEAPEST AND BEST
of all maehinee for
FAMILY SEWING
AND
LIMIT MANUFACTURING PURPOSES.
Send fora pamphlet and a copy of Singer dr Co. 'it
ressette."
I. M. SINGER di: 00.,
10.5-3 m No. 810 CHESTNUT Street, PhUadelalit.
SEWING MACHINES.
THE "eLOAT" MACHINE.
•WITH GLASS PRESSER SOOT,
JEW STYLE EISHILES. SHALIDEL
Had other valuable irusrevements.
ALSO.
THE TAGGART dt FARR MAURINE&
Ateriev--4118EOHESTIGIT Street intiS4l
GAS FIXTURES, 4kc
017 ARCH STREET.
o. A. VANKIRK & ,
ateroymyrmuma
CHANDELIERB
AND OTT=
GAB FIXTUREB.::'
also,Prensh Bronse Manses and Ornankents.BorselnlN
AMA XII Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLMSALI &IV FAITAIIi.
_Plans* Inn and inciathis Ecoods
FURNITURE, &c.
10A LTARMIr RNITURE AND
BIL
IS/WORE d CA.MPIONi
1161 South SECOND Street.
AS eonneetion with their extensive Cabinet business, I{ri
•IloW manufacturing Wariperior Article of
BILLIARD
Iltd od A full T sup A p ßL n E i Ss
U ORS w CMON'S IMPROVED CU e H I
w N h
, the
-Which are pronounced by all who have used them to be
impeder to AN others.
For the quality and finish of , these Tables, the mann
patnrers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
, Onion. who are familiar with the character of their
O' Wort/ robe-sat
PAINTINGS,
,ENGRAVINGS,
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
IMPOETEEB •AD MAAIIPACTIIICEEN 07
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL rinrrixas.
Giu.viaros,
PORTRAIT,
PICTURE, and
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
EXTENSIVE LOOKING . GLASS WAREROOMS AND
GALLERY OF PA.INTINGS,
111-0 111111 OHISTNIIT Street. Phila.ialphim..
DRUGS.
ROBERT SEIOEDILAKER & 00...
Northeast Corner POITRTH and BAGS Streets.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST%
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
I'OREIGE AID DOMESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLAIR%
NAIfiTFACTUILEIRB OF
WHIM LEAD AND ZINO PAINTS, rum. dra
AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH• ZINO PAINTBA
Dealer and sonsumers supplied at
MY LOW PRIORS FOB OA
la* Am
D11.&178,
FROGRAJOSES,
PAPER BOOKS,
POSTERS,
LARGE SHOW-CARDS,
BL &DIX%
CHECKS,
LABELS.
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VOL. 7.-NO. 3.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
JOHN T. BAILEY & 00.
BAGB AND BAGGING
isvmax azscourveN,
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
WOOL BAGS FOB SALL
lOUs
WALN, LEAMING, &
No. 30 South FRONT Street.
.
No. 31. LETITIA Street,
Offer 'for sale by the package the following goods, viz
Saco Prink, new dark styles.
York Co 's Cotton adee and Nankin&
l3oett Mills Cottons, H. 0. S W., 7.1', 4-4 and 6-4.
Indian Head Shootings and Shirting&
Tremont Mills, Globe, Oxford, and Baltic.
Bedford Manchang cheetings and Shirtings.
Drills, Brown. Bleached, and Bine.
Printed Clotkings and Sleeve Linings,
Vest Paddings and Cambrics,
Cotton and Wool Kersey&
Canton Flannels.
o.'b and 10-4 Bed Quilts.
IRXEMPTION BLANE S,
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS,
MUSTER ROLLS,
PAY ROLLS.
And a variety of other Military Blanks, for sale by
KING at BAIRD,
jy3l-9t 607 SANSOM Street
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
'I'AULOR;
HAS ERMOTID reom 1021 OHIBI7OI STUNK
IiDWARD P. KELLY'S,
142 South THIRD Btrestl
Where he presents to former patrons mad the imblin
the advantages of n STOOK OF GOODS, actual if not en.
perior.to any in the city—the skill and= taste of himself
and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two beat Tailors of the
ay—at prices mush lower than any other tret-shum esta
blishment of the city.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
. At 104 MARKET %rest.
BLACK CASS. PANTS. $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABB. PANTS, $5.50. At 704 MARKET Street.
GLACE CASS. PANTS, $5.50.. At 701 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5 50, At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S. N 6.704 MARKET Street.
GEIOG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 M A.RE ET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 SI ARKRT Street.
GIGO° & VAN. -GUNTENIL N 0.704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
ARMY GOODS.
1776. 1863.
3E' `LA Cr SIII
SILK FLAGS !I
BUNTING FLAG - G!
13URGEES.
PENANTS.
UNION JACKS.
STREAMERS
UNICINIaI:
BED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
EVANS eg4 BB ikUra S.
1717-tf No. *lB
ARCH STREET. Philadelphia.
ARMY HATS, ARMY HATS.
ADOLPH & SEEN,
No. 62i North SECOND Street,
Philadelphia,
Manufacturers of all kinks of
FELT HATS,
have on hand a large assortment of all the various and
most approved styles of
A R_11 . :5( H. A
Orders by mail from antlers 'Or jobbers, - 1411.1 Ibis
promptly filled at the lowest rates. ie.9o-8m
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
GEORGE GRANT.
No. 610 CHESTNUT STREET.
Has now. read/
- .
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOOK
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Of hie own Importation and manufacture.
His celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,"
Manufactured under the superintendence of
JOHN F. TAGGERT,
(Formerly of Oldenberg & Taggart.)
ire the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age.
4er Orders promptly attended to. fyg-theta-BM
OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK,
AND COLLAR EMPORIUM.
NO. it NORTH FOURTH STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM do CO.
,Are prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
make of Shirta, on short notice, in the most satisfactory
manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, on eel.
snails principles, and INUTPBI3I3 any other Shirt for neat•
nestiof/It on the Breast, comfort in the Neck, and ease on
the Shots/der. aplS-stuth6m
NOB. I. AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
prriT.ADELFHIA.
JOIN O. IRRIS0111;
(IPOSIOIALT 1. ittirat
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
'GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
ALSO
M&PMFADTITEER
OF THE IMPROVED •
PATTERN SHIRT.
WILITEREI.
DOLLARS.
UNDERCLOTHING...
SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. my22-tos4-
F INE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The anbecriber would invite attention to hit
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes a. specialty in his bneineas. Alto, 4011
Madly receivint.
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEki.
J. W. SCOTT
GENTLEMEN'S FITRNISHING ' STORE,
- . No. bl 4 CHESTNUT STREET,
taNi-G Fon? floor, hainor tbo (InntinAntsl
WATCHES" AND JEWELRY.
WATCHES,
/OFT REOZTVID PER STEAMER straorA.
GOLD WATCHES,
LADEN' SIZES, OF NEW EMU.
FILVILit AIIOREB AND CYLINDEES:
filler AISOBES AND
PLATED ANOREB ADD OTLIEDEDV
/for Sala at Low Rates to the Trade, by
D. T. P . RATT,
SOT CHESTNUT STREET.
IaFINK WATCH REPAIRING
attended to. by the most experienced workmen.
Ind 'yarn wateh warranted for one year.
G. ItUEU3H4L.
SS North SIXTH Stray
J. 0. FULLER,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
110. 71.1 CHESTNUT Street,
(Up-stairs, opposite Kumla Temple,)
Nam now open a
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK,
NIMBRACIIM.
t Gra v olitits, ° M.D 7 llloT' F L ,S. HIM B LB B r
AND
FINE JEWELRY . OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
ity27-tat23
G: RUSSELL, FINE AMERICAN
and bp_ported WATCHES, Fine Jewelry. Silver
an lilted Ware. ago • _ _
--
3027
22 North SIXTH Str:et
0. FULLER'S
FINE 'GOLD PEN%
THE BEST PEN =IN USE,
TOE SALE IA ALL BIM. mym-sx;
FINE GILT COMBS
11l lIVIERT VARISTY.
IMITATIONS OP PEARL AND °ORAL.
J. 0_ FULLER:
No. iris our.STriur shoot
inl2-Bis
vuLcANrrs RINGS. - -
A fall aaortment. all sizes said stiles.
J. 0.. FULLER,
No. TIN GRESTSRIT Street. si77l-33s
I MUSICAL BOXES.
DT SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
iqaying from to 11 tame r choice omen and Anted.
men Melodies. FARR BROTHER, Importers,
swi 314 CHESTNUT Street. belew Werth.
A MERICAN R o'o FIN G SLATE S,
•L-L- FULLY EQUAL TO THE BEST WELSH SLATES
• T. THOMAS.
/626-4uo • *IT WALDRIT &reek
SUMMER RESORTS.
OOLUMBEA HOUSE,
CAPE ISLAND, N, J
GOOD ROOMS TO BE HAD
POPULAR HOTEL.
APPLY TO OR ADDRESS
&u3-6t
BELLEVUE HOUSE.
NEWPORT, R. L,
is NOW
,OPEN FOR THE SEASON
This house has been very mu ph improved. and le now
In tine order. Every exertion will be need to make this
1925 12t
The Leading and° Favorite House
Of this delightful wAgring place.
iyl4.lm PUTNAM & FLETCHER.
RUMMER RESORT FOR. PHILLDEL
PHT ANS. •
THE WADAWANTMR HOUSE,
STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT,
Is now open as IL -
FTRET-CLASS HOTEL.
The WADAWARUCK is delightfally located in a
sgillare of two acres, with beautiful grounds, walks, &c.
Its rooms are spacious, promenades tine, piazza extend.
lug around the entire building. Bounty communication
with the celebrated Watch Rill Beach. the finest bathing
In the world. Communication with New York several
times daily Address C. B. ROGERS. jy24
VPHIIA.TA- MOUNTAIN SPRINGS.
-I " This beautiful resort, situated in thecantre of the
"Garden Spot of Pennsylvania', ' is now open for the
accommodation of visitors, and will coniinne until the
20th o; October. • The invigorating pure. mountain air,
. the quickly acting properties of its waters upon the se
.cretions of the liver, and its magnificent scenery. un
equalled in the United States, justly entitles it to praise
above all ethers, The commodious buildings, extended
lawns and delightful walks through the mountain from
which flows numerous springs supplying the plunge,
douche, a/Amer and hot baths at all times Excursion
Tickets thMegh the season will be issued at the office of
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Eleventh and Mar
ket streets. Cars leave at 730 Ic. M. and arrive at the
Springs in;the afternoon. $2 per day; over two weeks
or the season, MO per week. Children and servants half
price. For farther particulars, address the proprietor,
U. S. NEworqd ER, "Ephrata Mountain Springs." Lan
caster county, Pennsylvania. . dy2.3-lm
StA BATHING. - -
NATIONAL HALL,
CAPE•ISL AND, CAPS MAY, W. J.
This well-known Hotel la now open for the reception
of its numerous guests: Terms $lO per week. Children
ender 12 years or age and servants half price. Superior
accommodations and ample room tor 200 persons.
300 421 . , AARON.° ARRETSON. Proprietor.
REDLOE'S HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY,
N J.—At the terminus. of the railroad, cm the left,
beyond the depot. This House is now open for Boarder*
and Transient Visitors, and offers accommodations canal
to any Hotel in Atlantic City, Charges moderate. Uhl!,
Iren and servants, half price.
in*- Parties should keep their seats until the cars sr
rive in front of the Hotel. isle-7m
LIGHT HOUSE COITA GE,
. ATLANTIC, CITY..
This well known House is now open for the reception
of guests Inralids can be accommodated with`rooms
on the first floor, fronting the ocean. Splendid drinking
water 00 the premises.:Magnificent bathing opposite
the house. No bar. JONAH WOOTTON,
3e19. Proprietor.
IMF HOUSE; ATLANTIC CITY,
New JereiaT,
WILL BE OPENED 0*,..1171iR
A good Band of Music has been engaged.- -
Those who wish to engage Rooms will please address
H. S. BINSON, Surf House Atlantic City, N.
CHESTER :COUNTY HOUSE.-THIS
private Boarding Bonse; corner of YORE and TA
avenne:Atlantic City, convenient to the beach,
with a beautiful view of , the Ocean. is now open for
boarders, and will continue open all the year round.
Prices moderate.
iel9-2m • J. REIM. Proprietor, .
UNITED STA.IES HOTEL,
LORI; BRANCH, N. J..
IS now open for the reception of visitors. Can be
reached by - Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad from
toot of VINE Street at 7.30 A.3f. _
le6-2m* . B. A. SHOEMAKER.
6 6 THE ALHAMBRA " ATLANTIC
- A- On, N. J a tplendid new house, southwest
corner of ATLANTIC -and MASSACHUSETI'S Avenues,
Is now 013011 for visitors. The rooms and table of "The
Alhambra" are unsurpassed by any on the Island. There
Is a spacious Ice Cream and Refreshment Saloon attached
to the house. Terms moderate. -
C. DUBOIS & S. J. YOUNG;
jy2O-lm - . - Proprietors.
CRESSON,SPRINGS.-THIS E
LIGHTFISTAIIMMER RESORT, immediately on the
Rue of the Central P. R. 8.. located on the summit of
the Allegheny Mountains. 2,300-feet above the level of
the sea, will be, open for thareception of visitors on the
toth day of Jnne, 1863. and w,lll be kept open, until the
. - .
The water and at this point possess superior attrat.'
lions. The made in the laboratory of Professors-
Booth, Garrett, and C 8.121134, of Phusielphia, show the
existence of valuable mineral elements, the waters 0!
some of the springs being of the iron or chalybeate class,
mad others containing saline or aperient salts. Pars
mountain water abounds; and the guests will also be
supplied with mineral waters from other springs. such*
Mae Lick,- Bedford..and Saratoga Waters. - -
Ample facilities for bathing have been- prOvided, new
plunge and douch baths erected, and Hot and Cold-Baths --
- tan at all times be obtained. -
. . .
The grounds: walks, Sm., have been highly improved,
and are of a varied and picturesque character.
There is at Cresson Springs a Telegraph Office and twc
daily, mails from Philadelphia and Pittsburg and inter
mediate points.
Excursion Tickets can be obtained at the Office of the
Pennsylvania Eailroad Company, corner of ELEV.EXTB
and MARKET Streets..
For further information apply to
GEO. W. "ELLIN,
Je6-Em Cresson Springs. Cambria Co.. Pl.
SHARON FEMALE. SEMIN A.RY
&-/ For the ensuing school-year. will open for reception
of Pupils on the 21st of NINTH MONTH (SEPTEMBER)
next For ,Circulare containing terms. &c.. address,
JOSIAH WILSON.
jy2S-Im. DA.P.BY, Pa:
VILLAGE GREEN SEMINARY-A
SELECT BOARDING SCHOOL, NEAR MEDIA,
PA.—Thorough course in Mathematics, Classics, Eng
lish Branches, Natural Sciences, &c. Military Tactics
taught. Classes in Book-keeping. Surveying. and Civil
Engineering. Pnpile taken of all ages. School opens
beptrmber Ist. Boarding, per week, $2.25. Thition,per
quari,r, $6. For catalosnes. or information, address
Rev. J. HERVEY BARTON,
jy24.3m VILLAGE GREEN, Pa.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGIATE IN
MITTS for Young Ladies, 1530 ARCH Street. EST.
CHARLES A- S 4ITH, D. D., Principal. The nint,l3
Academic Year will begin on MONDAY, September 14th.
For circulars. and other information, address Box
1,611 P 0 • je2X3m*
BRISTOL BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
GIRLS, will re-open on the 7th of Ninth month.
For Circulars, apply to RUTH ANNA PEIRCE, Bristol,
B elcs co.. Pa. jel7.Bm*
MISS MARY E. THROPP WILL BE
her Ens Halt and French Boardini and Dal
School for Young Ladiee, at 1841 CHESTNUT Street,
on the 14th of September. For circulars, until Septem.
her Ist, apply at the Sunday-school Times, 148 South
FOURTH street, Phila., or address Miss Thropp at Val.
ley Forge. Penna. _ rosls-4m•
N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAN
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVA.-
InA" intend to apply to the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, at their next session, for a renewal of their charter.
Said Bank is located in the city of Philadelphia, with
ern. authorized capital of one million of dollars—a re
newal of which will be asked for, with the usual bank
ing privileges.
By order of the Bnard.
June 29, IM3. 3e30-taxn
VXECUTORS' SALE OF COAL
••••• LAND. =-A valuable tract of Coal Land, containing
about SSO acres, situate in OLT TH township, Schuylkill
county, Fa„ known as the " Catherine Barger " tract.
Bounded by the -'alley - Furnace lands, and the Big
Creek lands.
- •
On the lands adjoining and contiguous to this tract are
several first-e7ass Collieries, which mine annually
from 20,000 to 125.000 tons of superior White Ash Coal.
This tract has been shafted in two or three places, and
the veins of coal proven on the same. The title is per
fect.
For frirther particulars and terms address -the nn
dersigned, No: 228 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
HENRY D. litoc , RE, or
GEORGE P MCLEAN,
Executors of the estate of - JOHN McCANLES, de
ceased.
DISOOVERY I
ipplicable to the
useful Arts.
A - new. think.
Its Oombinatlon.l
Boot and Shoe
manufacturers."
Amebas.
ramilles.
Ii Is:a Mani&
**mamba.
rnalL
!N•iathalt
J. F. CAKE.
PROPRIETOR
EDUCATION.
LEGAL.
S. C. PALMER.
Cashier
CEMENT.
DREFUL AND TAMEABLE
DISCOVERY!
Trl/LTON'S
INSOLUBLE CEMENT I
Is of more general practical utility
than any invention now before the
public It has been thoroughly test
ed dnring the last two years by
practical, men, and pronounced by
• all to be
SUPERIOR TO ANY
Adhesive Preparation known.
HILTON'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT
Is a new thing. and the result of
years of study; its combination is on
SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES,
And under no circumstances or
change of temperature, will it be
come corrupt or emit any offensive
BOOT AND SHOE
Manufacturers. Ming Mae
will find it the best article known
for Cementing the Channels, as it
works without delay. is not affected
by any change of temperature.
JEWELERS
.
Will And it sufficiently adhesive for
their use, as has been proved.
IT IS ESPECIALLY ADAPTED
TO LEATHER,
And we claim as an especial merit,
that it sticks Patches and Linings
to Boots and,Shoes sufficiently
strong without stitching.
IT IS THE ONLY
LIQUID CEMENT
Extant. that is a sure thing for
mending
FURNITURE,
CROCKERY.
TOYS
BUNS, E,
IVORY.
And articles of Household use•
REMEMBER,
Hilton's Insoluble Cement
Is in a liquid form, and as easll7
applied as paste.
lILLTON'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT
Is insoluble in water or oil.
HILTON'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT
Adheres coify substances.
Bnpmlted in Family or Mantifactn•
rers Packages from 2 ounces to 100
lILTON BROS. & Co.,
Proprietors.
,PROVIDISNOS. B. I,
Agents In Philadelphia—
LALNIit & ALSAINAT/S.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1863,
(t. e titt
4)11♦
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1863
Personal.
Rebeljournals attribute the loss of the battle Of
Gettysburg to the timidity and hesitation of Major-
General Anderson, on the first day, when the rebels
were successful in the attack upon General Rey
nolds,. who was killed, and his corps, the advance of
General Meade's army, driven back with the loss of
three or four thousand prisoners. It is stated that
on this opportunity, had Anderson, as he might •••
easily have done, taken possession of the mountain
range upon which the subsequent battles r were
fought by the enemy, there can be no doubt that the
whole Yankee army would have been destroyed.
As it was, the delay of Anderson prevented Heth
and 'Fender from taking possession of this important
position, and permitted it to fall -into the enemy's=
hands. I have no hebitation in saying that this fatal
blunder was fraught with the most disastrous cense•
quences to our. arms. I learn that all the brigadier
commanders in Anderson's division were anxiousto
advance, but the major general would not consent
--Some interesting particulars of the death of
Commander Abner Read are furnished, in corro:
spondenee from New Orleans. His wounds were
very severe, and he suffered terribly until death re-,
lieved him, but he never complained. About half.
an hour before.he died he remarked to the doctor;'
that he thought his time was short, that all hope of ,
recovery ,had passed. " Yes," .replied the doctor
"you cannot _recover, Captain Read, and you have•
but little time to `After this was said he had
about half an hour of comparative freedom from
pan., when he remarked to the doctor, ." Well, doc
tor, I do not know that there is any use holding on
any longer; I guess I will shove off; , and with
almost the same breath he expired. His last words
were in all respects characteristic of the man. He
was one of, the most gallant spirits of the many in
our naval service, and his death is universally la.
mented.
The editor of the Scranton (Pa.) Republican
says: "We saw a curions embellishment the other ,
day, a flve.dollar bill on the Pottsville Bank, which
contains in one corner a vignette of James Bu- .
chanan. Some loyal person had bunged his eyes
with red ink, drawn a gallows above his head, from
Which a rope was suspended, that went round his
neck, and then branded his forehead with the word
'Judas.' This 'is but one of hundreds. The bank
has had to call in all its issues with that portrait on
it, so unmistakable are the manifestations of pope.
Tar indignation against the man who might, had he
had the will or the pluck, have nipped this rebellion
in the bud, as Jackson did before him."
The Duke of Ham 4 lton, one of the leading men
and models of the English aristocracy, says a Paris
correspondent, died at the Hotel Bristol on Wed
nesday morning. The papers state that his death
was caused by "cerebral congestion." This was
undoubtedly the fact; but the papers do not state
how the "cerebral congestion" which caused the
sudden and untimely death of the model aristocrat
was brought on. On Friday evening last the Duke,
with a friend, dined, we
,may presume copiously
and freely, with a friend at the Matson Doree. After
this they visited that favorite resort of model ails.
toerats, the Jardin Mabille, and returned at a late
hour, in company with some "fair but frail" com
panions, to the Matson Doree, where they supped
and remained till seven o'clock on Saturday morn
ing. In coming out the Duke of Hamilton, over
come with wine, fell from the top to the bottom of
the stairs, was taken up and carried to his hotel,
and never spoke afterwards. The mother of the
Duchess of Hamilton was the daughter of Queen
Hortense, and the Duchess is an intimate personal
friend of the Empress. The Empress, upon hearing
of the accident, immediately went to the Hotel
Dilate', and persuaded the Duchess, with her chil
dren, to accompany her to St. Cloud, where she has
since remained. The Duke of Hamilton was in his
fifty,third year. He was related to the Emperor by
marriage, and is, of course, imperially mourned for.
—The Richmond Eriquirer, of the 20th ult., pub
lishes the following : " "A few days since General
Mincher was placed in possession of several letters
written by Mrs. Patterson Allan (formerly a resi
dent of this city) to persona in the North. One of
them was addressed to Rev. Morgan Dix,' the
father of General Dix, of the Federal army; the
other to Mrs. Allan's sister, in oincinnati. In the
latter letter she says that General Stoneman is a
white gloved general,' and dealt too easilywith the ,
rebels. She says he should hare burned the resi
dence and devastated the farm of the Seocetaii of
War, Hon. Samosa?. Seddon, which is in..Gooch
land county. Mr. Allan removed • his family froth.
this city to his farm on the James river canal, near
Cedar Point, in Goochland county, In November
last, where Mrs. Allan has since resided, making oo
'oasionsl visits, however. to this city."
—General Hooker, according to a Western paper,
shortly after the battle of Gettysburg, said to the
President that be hadn't character enough to be able
to afford to draw a major general's pay and do noth
ing, and was desirous to hear whether the Govern•
ment was likely to have anything for him to do. He
would like to know it, as otherwise he could have
no excuse for remaining in the service. The Presi
dentreplied that he could not spare him, and would
soon have work for him. To a renewed application
for work, made since Hookeris return from Harris
burg, the President replied that by next Saturday
he hoped to tell him what he had to do.
-- Grant is a workingman. Years ago he married
in St. Louis, resigned his situation in the army,
turned farmer, and drove his team into St. Louis
with wood. In his recent march, in May, he was
three - days on foot, with his rations and baggage,
leading his men, not being willing to delay until his
horses should come up. '
Repute from rebel sources some days ago as
serted positively the death of the brave General Os
terhaus. There is no foundation for the story. Ge
neral Osterhaus, at latest accounts, was in excel
lent health, and will, no doubt, do much good service
against the rebellion yet.
—From yallandighana's headquarters, at Niagara,
a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes :
"This Clifton House is not so much the headquar
ters of the Southern rebels, who are too lazy or too
cowardly to stay at home and fight the 'Lincoln
vandals,' as it was the last and the previous years.
The Metcalfe, Marshalls, Sanderees, are no more
seen here. Their absence is satisfactory to the land , .
lords, who suffered in pocket by their presence, as
they drove all respectable Americans away; and
satisfactory to their patrons of the English and
Provisional persuasion, who began to regard the
cowards with contempt. Yet there are a few of the
kind here now, and, of course, they cordially pa
tronize and sympathize with Yallandigham and his
followers. Their regrets over Federal successes are
mutual and outspoken. One of Yallandlgham's
particular friends, with whom he ia frequently in
close conference, formerly a resident of New Or
leans, which city he left when Butler entered it,
approached me to-day—l was reading the Chicago
Times, a stray copy of which I got from a Ohicagoian
—and, supposing me to be one of their kind, remarked
that' things looked damned bad for us down South.'
I asked him wherein 1 He replied that ' Grant and
liosecrane were playing the devil with our folks.'
' That is so, and I thank God for it P responded this
correspondent. This seemed to startle the despond
ing Southern chap, and he asked me if L' was not a
Southerner.' Not if I know who my father was,'
I replied. belong to the glorious little State of
Rhode Island, and believe in Burnside! the man
Who issued Order No. 38, and gave it a practical ap
plication.' "
Edmund Yates, who once had a difficulty with
Thackeray, describes the perpetual "life" of the
Prince and Princess of Wales :
"They dine everywhere, lunch everywhere, dance
everywhere, drive everywhere,
levee constantly,
drawing-room perpetually t -theatre and opera never
ending, preside at everything, open everything, lay
foundation of everything, receive presents from
every county, • deputations headed by municipal
bodies ; are always receiving freedoms in gold.boxes
(maker's name conspicuously brought forward by
newspaper reporter, and maker always said to have
excelled himself,') are always addressed I and al
ways ' reply '—one of them. in the silvery' accents
which he inherits, &c. ; are mobbed daily and night,
ly ; crowds round Apsley House to see two young
people in a carriage, crowds round an artist's door to
see one young person descend from carriage to'enter
studio to have portrait taken; rampagious yelling
crowds round Grand Stands at races ; more ramps-
Mous yelling and infinitely worse-behaved crowds of
TJniversity-educated young gentlemen at commemo
ration, every tradesman expressing in heraldic de
vice and foreign motto his business connection with
alphabetic royalty; newspaper 'liners' babbling in
grandiloquent but unmeaning language -about Al
phabetical Royalty, which, if it have feelings such as
are given to the common herd, must hate and loathe
-and despise the trucklings and shufflings and kotoo
ings of human nature generally, must long to get
away where it can wear a shooting-coat and a yacht
ing-Jacket and a slouch hat, where it cannot be ad
dressed or invited, dined or drank, where there is
nothing to open,, and where there is perpetual free
dom—not presented in a box."
—The Horne Journal's reminiscence of Eugene Sue
is interesting
"This French author was.the finest specimen of a
fat exquisite that we ever saw. (We has the pleasure
of seeing him In Paris in 1832 ) He moat suacessfuity
ignored bis own obesity—behaving always as if he
were slender and graceful. In A. volume of Re
collections' which ' Captain Grow' has just brought
out, he thus describes our old friend t Eugene Sue
was the very reverse of Balzac, both in appearance
and manner. Nothing could have been more correct
and unscrupulously neat than his dress, which was
rather dandified, but in good taste, according to the
notions of twenty or thirty years ago. He wore
always a very broad-brimmed hat, of glossy newness,
and remarkably tight, light-colored trousers, which,
by-the-bye, were not'particularly becoming to a man
built in a stout mould. lie was remarkable for the
beauty of his horses ; his, cab was one of the best
appointed in Paris ; his house in the Rue de la Pepinere
(now an asylum) was a perfect bonbonniere, and hie
dinners were renowned for their excellence. He was
supposed (and to my knowledge with considerable
reason) to lead a very Sardanapalian life. Strange
stories are told of his °matte in Sologne, where he
was waited on by a number of beautiful women, of
all countries, and of all shades of color.' "
---A reporter• of the Cincinnati Commercial some
days ago, visited the captured officers of John Dior
gan,s-gang, now imprisoned in that city, and thue
records what he saw:
":We found Colonel Basil Duke's name headed
the - list, but from his appearance we should not have
taken him.to be the head and front of the gang—a
position that is now generally conceded to him more
than to Morgan. lie is a small man, not over thirty
years old, we judge; weight about one hundred and
thirty pounds, spare of flesh, features'angular, hair
and eyes nearly , if not quite black; the latter spark.'
ling and penetrating, and the former standing out
from the head something like porcupine quills, Al
together, he called to mind our picture of a Spanish
bandit on a small scale ; nevertheless, he has a plea
sant voice and a gracious smile in his conversation,
which is free and 'cordial. But• there is nothing
commanding in his appearance, his manner, or his
words, and it is not strange that Morgan is the ac
knowledged leader of the horde, even though Duke
may be the most quick-witted. ' ,
"'Dick Morgan :is thirty•two years old,
heaVy set, inclined to be fleshy.; round, plump'facdi
bluish eyes, phlegmatic temperament, and not talka
tive. He yields to Duke the privilege of carrying
ea a conversation,"
CHARLESTON.
Progress of Gilmore's Operations.
Him YORK, August 3,—The steamer Fulton, from
Port Royal, with dates to the 31st ult., arrived during
the night. Her officers report the siege of Fort
Wagner still progressing. General Gilmore has
mounted a number of 200. pound siege guns within
one Mile of Fort Sumpter. He is confident of re
ducing both Sumpter and Fort Wagner in a short
time.
The Beaufort New South says ' : "Just as we go to
press it is reported that General Roaeorans is within
thirty miles of Savannah. We see no. reason why
the report may not be true."
[This is, of course, absurd. Rosecrans was in
Nashville a few days ago, and none of Ms troops
had advanced even as far as Chattanooga —Eurvon.]
NEW YORK. August 3.—A private letter received
in this city,.dated July 25, says :
"I went yesterday to Block Inland, and made a
reconnoissance from the tallest tree there. Block
Island is between James Island and Morris Island,
distant about a thousand yards. I saw they were
erecting a Bee of batteries and building rifle pits al
most the entire distance from Fort Johnson to Se
cessionville along the river. I could look over into
Charleston, and see what waa going on there quite
plainly."
AFFAIRS ON MORRIS ISLAND.
Under date of, August 1, the correspondent of the
',Tribune writes from Morrislsland :
I venture to say that thlitroops in thli department
'have performed more severe labor, under greater
,difficulties, since Gen. Gilmore assumed command,
.than those of any other department in the country.
,Of the kind and amount of ,labor, it would not be
'proper for me, at this stage, to speak. But results
-within a few weeks will show for themselves, and
,then we may enter upon details without the least
fear of jeopardizing the success of the campaign.
-For public encouragement, it will not be 'improper to
"1-say that the position we now hold upon this island
has been made so strong by skilful engineering that
no force the rebels can possibly bring against it can
weaken, impair, or by prolonged and obstinate fight
ing drive us from. Fifty thousand men might possi
'.bly overwhelm us, if they coukUnd room to stand
lapon ; but the strip of territroow held by the
rebels on the island is so contracted that not one.
tenth of that number could be concentrated upon it,
and not one-twentieth could be massed for an assault
upon the only natural line of approach still left to
them.
While standing upon the defensive, therefore, our_
position may be deemed impregnable. When readr
again to assume the offensive nothing wilil - be able
to resist us, and the fall of offensive;
Sumpter, and
Charleston, in turn, may be, as I have in another
letter remarked, considered simply questions of
tine. But if we are actiVe, and are working by
day and night with almost superhuman energy, the
rebels in full sight, under the blaze of the same hot
slid, and beneath the light of the came night moon,
.
are throwing up entrenchment after entrenchment
r e
upon James Island, strengthening the rge wall of
Port Sumpter and the small tanks ort Gregg,
and in every conceivable way endea ng to make
their own position impregnable.
Capt. Paine of the New York volunteer engineers
made, alone, a night reconnoissance of the works
upon James Island, and reports embrasures for
twelve guns already erected, with one gun mounted.
This one gun has already been brought to bear upon
our batteries on the left, but has, thus far, inflicted
ntifurther injury than the frightening of several
hOr,es engaged in. drawing ammunition. It should
beunderetood, however; that all this ceasiess activi
ty.'on both sides is under Bre more or less hot and
dangerous. Yesterday a putTof smoke rose from
the one gun on Janus Island, the soldiers at work
in'bur own battery on the left ran to their sand-hole
to . dodge the shot, but unfortunately it struck direct-.
ly - behind the embankment and covered the whole
party five feet deep in the sand. They were all dug
out in a few momenta, uninjured, so far as their
bones were concerned, but considerably in want of
breath and fresh air.
"This shot from the rebel gun having proved so
good a one, one of our own artillerists; seeing a sol
dier standing upon the earthwork of the same rebel
battery, wheeled up a small Wiard gun into posi
tion, took aim, and in an instant sent his body ily
ingtwenty feet into the air. Better tiring could not
have been made by the most practical sharpshooter.
SEYENTY•SIXTH PENNSYLVANIA RECI.I
,
A Herald correspondent writes: -
"Any statements in correspondence from here
derogatory to`the character of the 76th Pennsylvania,
either for courage or discipline, are wholly un•
unfounded. There is not a braver or better' dis
ciplined regiinent on the island.' If my account of
their conduct in the tight of July llth has been con
strued into a direct or implied charge of cowardice
or demoralization, I whirr to correct the impression.
Time has shown that there was not a straggler from
theleth on that morning. Col. Strawbridge is still
quite, ill. I write this paragraph in strict justice to
gallant officers and •brave men, concerning whom
unjust reports may have been spread." • ---- • .
THE COLORED SOLDIERS-INDIVIDUAL
GALLANTRY.
SergeantlVlajor Lewis H. Douglas, a son of Fred.
Douglas, by both white and negro troops, Is said to
have displayed great courage , and calmness, was one
of the first to mount the parapet, and with his pow
erful voice shouted : "Come on, boys, and fight for.
God- and Gov. Andrew," and with this battle-cry
led them into the fort. - -
But above all, the color.beater deserves more than
passing notice. SergeantJno.Wall, of Co. G, car
ried the flag in the first battalion, and when near the
forthe4ell into a deep ditch, and called upon his
guard to help him out. They could not stop for
that, but Sergeant William H. Carney, of Company
0, caught the colors, carried them forward, and was
the first man to plant the stare and stripes upon Fort
Wagner. As lie saw , the men falling back, himself
seven sly wounded in the breast, he brought the.
colors off, creeping on his knees, pressing his wound
with one hand, and with the other holding up the
emblem of freedom. The moment -be was seen
crawling into the hospital with the flag still in his
possession, his wounded companions, both black
and white, rose from the straw upon which they
were lying, and cheered him until exhausted they
could shout no longer. In response to this reception
the brave and wounded standard-bearer said:
"Boys, I but did my duty; the dear old flag never
touched the ground."
THE CAPTIVES OF THE 64TH MASSACHU
SETTS REGIMENT.
[Correspondence of the Evening Pest.]
FORT ROYAL, August 1,1863.—8 y a cartel recently
made with the rebels, by a Stag of truce, before
Charleston, the wounded prisoners captured on
either side in the assault on Fort Wagner, on July
18th, were to be restored to their respective armies.
No distinction was, of course, made, or could be
rightfully or honorably made, as to the State in•
which they wgre enlisted, their nativity, or the race
whose blood, pure or commingled, may flow in their
veins. A. soldier from Massachusetts is as sacred in
perm:in and rights as one from Ohio, Connecticut, or
any other State. Yet no officer, commissioned or
non-commiesioned, or a private, of the 54th Massa
chusette, is to be found among the wounded prison
ers, numbering one hundred or more, .whom the
rebels have returned to us, and it is among the
chances of war that several of them were captured.
They led the charge, and by their hand the flag of the
Union waved on the parapet of Fort Wagner.
The officers of --the regiment were among the
bravest South of the land. The gallant colonel who
fell at their head has left a name that after ages will
not willingly let die. He was a private in the New
York 7th militia, whose march for the defence of
Washington has been commemorated by the la
mented Winthrop. Afterwards he was a captain in
the 2d Maesachusetta Volunteers. On the retreat of
Banks up the Shenandoah he.was struck by a bullet,
which, but for his watch, would have proved fatal.
The non-commissioned officers and privates, all in a
degree more or less of African descent, bad Saxon
blood flowing in their veins in large proportion;
their manly iorms were not often those of men who,
from childhood had bent beneath the lash. One
third or one-half of them were free born or free by
even slave law, while the greater portion of the rest
had won their freedom by heroic escapes, and forti
fied that title by long years of prescriptive enjoy
meat, some under the, protection of the British
Queen. Nor were those who, during the war, had
abandoned their mestere, or been abandoned by
them, unshielded by the sacred character of pri
soners of war; that protects all but deserters and
breakers of paroles ; and it is distinctly declared by
writers on the law of nations that persons escaping
hem captivity, and retaken, or even recaptured in
war, are not held to merit punishment, for they only
obeyed their love of liberty." ( Wolsey, §128.)
They were all, officers and men, soldiers of Mas
eachusette, a dear old State, all crowned with Revo
lutionary memories, and first to send her regiments
to protect the capital at the opening of the war.
The Governor of the Commonwealth, on presenting
the State and national colors to the 54th Regiment,
in May last, said to 'them in his address, that his
own reputation would be more identified with their
'-fortunes than with those of any regiment which his
State had sent to the war. Many of them are well
educated, and in the hospitals they have delighted
to read the best books of our literature. They had
been less than two months in actual service when they
bad already written their history in imperishable
-lines. On July 16th they repulsed the enemy on
James Island, losing fifty men, and won there the
praise of Gen. Terry, the commanding general. On
the 18th, Brigadier General Strong, one of the brav
est generals in the service, otiose them, even when
worn and weary with marches and wiled for the
day, to lead on that evening the stormingcol wan on
Fort Wagner. How well they did, fresh levies as
'they were, and ill-conditioned at the time, assigned
to a work from which veterans might bepardoned
for shrinking, let their wounded general answer. In
a message which Gen. Strong commissioned a friend
to send to Governor- Andrew, said : "No regi
ment ever moved more gallantly into battle. No
thing but the fall of their colonel prevented their
taking the fort. With their enthusiasm they de
served a better fate."
Nearly one hundred and, fifty of those wounded in
the assault are in the Beaufort hospitals, where, it
is worth while to record, they are skilfully and ten
derly cared for. Not more than six hundred now
remain of this regiment, Which . two months ago
mustered its full complement. The corpses of the
gallant dead, and the mutilated forms of the gallant
survivors cry out for justice to their wounded com
rades, still in the enemy's hands, if not, alas ! already
butchered by our neglect or hesitation. No injus
tice must be done to Massachusetts or to her soldiers.
We can make no discrimination against her or them,
and we cannot allow the enemyto make any. Unless
wounded prisoners of, her 64th are not forthwith de
livered, let rebel ur broilers of rank be instantly shot.
The retribution would be at once effectual and his
toric.
Report say■ there are eighteen negro prisoners in
Ohmlesion but there is no means of verifying the
statement.
EXCHANGE OF WOUNDED PRISONERS ON
MORRIS ISLAND.
The Fort Royal New South gives some interesting
particulars of the agreement for the exchange of
wounded prisoners after the attack upon Fort Wag
ner. It says :
"As mentioned last week, Lieutenant Colonel
Rail and Surgeon John J. Craven, with a flag of
truce, had previously made arrangements for a mu
tual exchange of wounded prisoners, to be paroled
for regular exchange. In accordance with this
agreement, thirty-nine of the rebel wounded in our
hands were placed on tbe Coamopolitan, of which
Surgeon R. E. Bonticou has charge, and with them
Surgeon John J. Craven, chief medical officer,
started for Charleston harbor at 2 o'clock on Friday
morning.
THE COLORED SOLDIERS. - .
While the exchange was making, Lieutenant
Colonel Hall remarked to Colonel Anderson that he
noticed no colored wounded on board. 'No,' said
the Colonel„ 'there are none.'Why is that in
quired Colonel That is matter,' responded
the Colonel, 'for after consideration.' .'.Did you not
regard the univalent made for the exchange of all
wounded prisoners as applying to the colored-sot=
dices?' asked Col. Hall. Colonel Anderson respond
ed negatively. I did,' replied Colonel Hall, and I
insist that there was no exception made in the agree
ment.' In the meantime, however, one of the rebel
wounded had objected to being delivered up, saying
he preferred to remain with us.. Some one erased his
name fromthe °Medallist. Col. Anderson insisted on
the man being delivered up, but Col. Hall positively
declined, although.the rebel colonel Unstated he was
an enlisted man, and subject to the agreement for
exchange. Colonel Hall replied that our colored
troops were enlisted men, under the protection of ouryagi
entitled to be delivered up by the terms of agreement.
Colonel Anderson asked him to put his objections'
in regard to the non-delivery of colored troops in•
writing. Colonel Hall said he„had -no objections,
and requested Colonel Anderson to put in writing
his claim in regard to the wounded rebel. The latter
doctalliog i ()Woad Holl refule4 to put his objootios4
in writing, and so the matter waif dropped by both
partica.
THE IPORM OF PAILOLF
"The form of paroling the prisoneter was gone
through with by Colonel - Anderson and' 7Rajor J.
Motte Middleton, aid-decamp to General' Ripley,
on the part of the enemy ; and Lieutenant Colonel
James F. Hall, Pitivost Marshal General; on our
part, The form of parole, the signatures - and the
witnessing, was as follows :
" I, the undersigned, prisoner of war, captured
near Charleston, hereby give my parole of honor
not to bear arms against the Confederate States, or
to perform any military or garrison duty whatever,
until regularly exchanged, and further,. that I will
not divulge anything relative to the position or con
dition of any of the forces of the Confederate States.
'"'This day, 24th of July, 1863.
"'(Witness,) EDWARD 0 ANDERSON;
" Colonel Artillery O. S. A.:
" ' Major J. MOTTE MIDDLETON ' A. D.C.
" Paroled this 24th of July, A. D. 1863.
"'By
command of Gen. Q. A. GILMORE,
" 'Commanding Department of the South.
"" JAMBS F. Ram., lieutenant colonel and Provost
Marshal General.'"
GEN. GILMORE.
Of. General Gilmore, the Free South. days: Eve
rybody knows he took Fort Pulaski, but not every
body knows in the face of what obstacles he suc
ceeded. Pulaski V7lO deemed impregnable, and the
proposed attempt to reduce it by land batteries on
Tybee island was scouted by the highest engineer
ing authority in America. Gen. Wright, then coin
in ending a brigade at Port Royal, for three years
chief of the Engineer Bureau in Washington, after
a very careful survey and reconnoissance, pro
nounced positively against the ellbrt. "There Is
not old iron enough in America to take that fort,"
said the general. It was the strongest but two in the
United States. Russell, of the London ThriCB, went
over it carefully, and sent home long accounts and
plans, pronouncing it a model of engineering
strength. Gen. R. E. Leewrote,to Col. Olmstead, its
commandant: "The enemy may fill your fort with
shot and shell; but they cannot breach its walls. I
expect you to defend it to the last." And, to crown
all, Gen Totten, then and now at the head of the
Engineer Corps, when the project of reducing Pu
laski was suggested to him, declared, "You might
as well undertake to bombard the Rocky Mountains
from Tybee as Fort Pulaski." It was in the face
of such opinions as this that. General, then Cap-
tain Gilmore, resolved to take this fort, and took it.
The credit is due to him solely. In eighteen and a
half hours of cannonading—thirty from the time the
first gun was tired—Pulaski surrendered, - and from
that moment General Gilmore has been the beat
bated officer in the Engineer Corps. Success in de
fiance of opinion and tradition is seldom forgiven.
When the corps was recently reorganized, Gen. Gil
more was kept still a captain in the engineer ser
vice, and his remarkable ability and success have
been in no way recognized or rewarded in connec
tion with his position in the regular, army.
INCIDENTS OP THE WAR.
Twit Mamoru:me Irmy.—Below will be found a
ebrorological statement of the successes achieved
by the. Union forces during the month of July.
This does not include" minor skirmishes, in which
our troops were successful; neither does it include
the captures by our blockading squadrons:
July 3(l—Meade's victory over Lee at Gettysburg,
with rebel loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of
35,000.
July 4th—Capture of Vicksburg by Grant, with
31,000 prisoners, and over 200 heavy guns.
July 4th—Gen. Prentiss fights the rebels at He
lena, Ark., and defeats them with a loss of 2,700 in
killed, wounded, and prisoners.
July 4th—Rosecrans compels Bragg to evacuate
Tullahoma. Rebel loss in the series of engage•
meats over 4,000.
July 61h—Gen. Buford whips Stuart, .and captures
NT prisoners and two guns.
- July Bth—Banks captures Port Hudson, with 6,000
prisoners.
July Bth—General Pleasanton defeats the rebel
cavalry, near Funkstown, capturing 600 prisoners.
July 9th—Buford and Kilpatrick engage the enemy
near Boonsboro, and defeat them, taking a number
of prisoners.
July 10th—Attack on the approaches to Charles
ton commenced, and the batteries on the lower end
of Morris Island captured by our forces.
July lath—Yazoo City captured by our gunboats,
and several hundred prisoners, six heavy guns, and
a gunboat taken.
July 14th—Battle of Falling Waters ; 1,609 rebels
and several guns captured.
July 14th—Fort Powhatan, on James river taken
by Admiral Lee.
July 16th—Our forces, under Gen. Sherman, oc
cupy Jackson, Miss., capturing a large amount of
stores, railroad rolling stock, &c., and driving the
rebel Johnson into Central Mississippi.
July 16t1F—Gen. Blunt obtains a victory over the
rebels at Elk Creek, Ark., killing 60 rebels, capturing
100 prisoners and two guns.
July 11th [or about that time]—An expedition up
the Bed river captures two steamers, several trans
ports, 16.000 Enfield [rifles, and a large amount of
ammunition.
July 17th—An expedition sent by Gen. Grant to
Natchez captures 6,000 head of cattle, 2,000,000 rounds
of ammunition, and several pieces of artillery.
July 18th—The guerilla Morgan "cornered" at.
Buffington, Ohio, and 1,000 of hie men captured.
July 19th-300-of Morgan's guerillas bagged near
Buffington.
July 19th—Col. Hatch attacks the rebels at Jack
son, Tenn., and captures two companies and an ar
tillery train, •
July 20111-1,600 of Morgan's men, including Basil'
Duke, captured at George's Creek.
July 22d—Expedition from Newbern attack Tor
boro, N. C., 100 prisoners captured and an iron-clad
and two gunboats destroyed.
July 22d—Brashear City, La.,-surrendered to our
forces, under Col. Johnson.
July 24th-Col: Tolland captures' Withesville, and
captures 126 prisoners.
July 26th—Ifforgan bagged at Salinville; aieo 200
of hie men.
July 28th—Our troops, under Colonel Hatch, en
counter the rebels at Lexington, Tenn., routing
them, and captuling a colonel, two lieutenants,
twenty.five privates, and two pieces of artillery.
July 29th—Gan. Pegram is engaged by- our forces
at Paris, Ky., and repulsed with serious loss in kill
ed, wounded, and prisoners.
July 30th—Col. Sanders attacks the rebels (2,000
strong) at Winchester, Ky., and routes them with
considerable loss.
July alat—Our forces attack the enemy at Lan
caster, Ky., kill and wound twenty, and take 100
prisoners. - -
Thus we have ant aggregate of twenty-eight suc
cessful engagements against the rebels within the
compass or a single month. Over eighty thousand
of the enemy were killed, wounded, or taken pri
soners, and no less than three hundred pieces of
heavy artillery and a hundred thousand stands of
small arms taken. A pretty good Suly , s work
COLONEL Morinow's REOOLLEOTIONE.—CoIone
Morrow, the brave leader of the famous 24th Michi
gan, lately made a long war speech to his fellow
citizens of Detroit. Among other things he told
them the following :
One of the rebel officers, captured by us, after-N.
wards met me in Gettysburg, where I was a prisoner.
A man came up to me in the street and said, "Colo
nel, how do you do? You don't know me and think
I don't know you. (I had cut off my straps to pre
vent my being recognized as a colonel.) Come
and take a drink."- Of course, I drank with him,
and then asked who he was. He took me one aide
from the rebel officers and said, "Your regiment
captured me at Fitz Hugh's Landing, d—n you!"
Said I, "Glad of it. Didn't they treat Ton well?"
"Bully," was his reply. "Then treat me the same."
"W e will ; where are your straps?" "I have lost
them for the time being." "All right, I shan't say
a word." He kept his promise, and when I left the
rebels they took me for a surgeon.
Twenty-four hours alter crossing at Fitz Hugh's
landing we 'recrossed and went to Clhancellorville.
There we were stationed at a separate space, and
guarded two roads, a position of honor, given, as 'I
was assured by Gen. Hooker, as a compliment to the
regiment. We were unsuccessful at Chancellorville,
but through no fault of Gen. Hooker's, It would
have been a glorious victory, had it not been for the
defection of an army carps, and this was due to
the bad conduct of its officers, and not to any lack
of courage among the, men. The 11th Corps occu
pied a position directly in front of the enemy, and
was, nevertbeless, allowed by its officers to lay
down its arms and make coffee. It was then
attacked by the rebels with those unearthly shouts
of theirs. The rebels beat any people out shout
ing. One-half the battles in that neighborhood were
fought by power of the lungs rather than the bayce
net. The lungs of the rebels are not so strong as
ours, but they have a boy-like scream, which is
much shriller. (Colonel Morrow then related an
amusing anecdote of the counter-cheering of-the,
rebels and the 24th at Fitz Hugh's. Landing.) Gen.
Booker, at- Chancellorville, exhibited splendid ge
neralship. I.was told by a prisoner, a rebel colonel—
a fact never before printed, - I" believe—that General
Hooker aucceeded in transporting 30,000 men across
the Rappahannock and. Rapidan, and right into the
'
centre of the rebel position, without their obtaining
the least knowledge of it. In fact, General Hooker
succeeded in dividing the rebel armk, - cutting off
Stuart from Lee, and.obliging the former to cut. his
way through in order to reach headquarters. How
ever, we lost the battle, and fell back into our old
camp.
At Gettysburg, with my assistant surgeon, Dr.
Collar, indefatigable in season and out of season, I
visited the hospitals and the battle-field—the latter
at 12 o'clock in the night on-the 3d, determining the
names of those that had fallen. In a barn, among
200 others, I found "a little Irish boy from this city,
Patrick. Cleary, a bright boy, and a brave little fel
low. I said to him, "Patrick, how do you feel 1"
He said, "Pretty well, "tut the doctor says I
can't live." I looked at his wounded leg and saw
that mortification had set in. I said, "I don't
know ; the doctor is the best judge. If he
says you, can't live, you had better prepare to
die." -Said he,"Colonel,' if you'll have the leg
taken off Pll b with the regiment in a week." /
told him that was impossible. lie then said,
"Colonel, ain't you proud of the 24th? Won't the
people of Wayne county be proud 1" God bless that
boy. He is dead now. [A voice, "He is alive yet."]
I am glad to hear it. Be is a credit to his native
and adopted country. The hist thing the boys think
of is what those at home think of them. They feel
proud of themselves, and they want you -to feel
proud too. Write them cheering letters. Encourage
your soldiers. Bid them .God speed- Tell them
they, are fighting in a just and holy cause, as they
certainly are.
MURDER. OF SURRENDERED UNIONMex.—Our
correspondent, "A. 8.. N.," in his account , of the
Morgan raid and chase, refers to a report that on the
march from Lebanon to Springfield, Kentucky, More
grin's men brutally murdered a number of Federal
prisoners, after they had fallen- in the road from
fatigue and sunstroke, and suggests that the affair
should be investigated before Morgan's officers. or
men are loosed from our hands.
The Louisville Journal - of 'the 27th has full con
firmation of- the murder of surrendered Union men
by Morgan's fellow-scoundrels. -They belonged, to
the 9th Kentucky Cavalry. Their captors demanded
their pocket-books and their guns, and afterwards
deliberately shot them with their own weapons.
Some of the mounted rebels leaned from their horses,
placed their carbines to the very heeds of the poor
fellows, and thus butchered them. TheJournat says :
"As these facts can be proved beyond all coati o.
versy, we cannot see why some of the scoundrels of
Morgan should not suffer by way of retaliation."
The Vicksbitro- Canapaimn.
In the course of a full repirt, Admiral Portersays .
"I have endeavored to dojustice to all who were
immediately engaged in the struggle for the mastery
of the Mississippi. To the the army we do owe im
mediate thanks for the capture of Vicksburg, but
the army was much facilitated by the navy, which.
was ready at all times to co-operate. This has been
no small undertaking. The late investment and cap
lure of Vicksburg will be characterized as one of the
greatest military achievements ever known. The concep
tion of the-idea originated with General. Grant, who
adopted a course in which great labor was performed,
great battles were fought, and great risks were run. A.
single mistake would h.ave involved us in difficulty;
but so well were all the plans matured, so, well were
all the movements timed, and so rapid were all the
evolutions performed that no mistake has occurred
from the passage of the fleet by Vicksburg, and the
passage of the army across the river, up to the pre,
sent time. So confident was lof the ability of Gen.
Grant to carry out his plans, when he explained
thou to me, that I never hesitated to change my
position from above to below Vicksburg The work
was hard, the fighting severe, but the 1;lows struck
were constant. _ _
' , ln forty days after our army landed, a rebel army
of sixty thousand men had been captured, killed, and
wounded, or scattered to their homes, perfectly de
moralized, while our loss has been only about live
thousand killed, wounded, and prisoners, and the
temporary loss of one .gunboat. The fortifications
and defences of the city exceed anything that has
been built in modern times, and are doubly unas
sailable from their immense height above the bed of
the river."
THREE CENTS.
STATES IN REBELLION..
r The' Seeession Conspire. Cy
.- A letter, dated' Nashville, June 26th, to'lliirioe
Maynard, that well-known loyalist, has juat been
giien to the public Its facts are important
.
HEAR SIB: I talc's pleasure in complying - with
your request to give- the substance and, as near Ise
possible, the language - of. Mr. of Louisiana )
in a conversation whbilroctairred between him' alid
myself about three weeks before the last Pres!:
dentlal election. I met with Mr. —'off the cam
some miles beyond Jonesboro, Tenn., in OCtober;
1860. He was then returning to his home in Louisi
ana, from the city of Washington.
By accident, I took a seatrimmediately behind the
one occupied by Mr. —,'wheelie at once turned
round, and began to make inquiries respecting the
prospects of the different candidates for obtaining
the electoral vote of Tennessee. He expressed great
pleasure when I assured him that Breckinridge
could not possibly obtain the electoral vote of this
State ; and his reasons for it I will give you as near
as may be in his own words. "I am glad," says he,
"that Mr. Bell will get the vote of Tennessee, al
though I cannot vote for him. lam a Douglas De
mocrat, and I am hastening home to see what can be
done to prevent my State from casting its electoral
vote for Breck.inridge. I have been in Washington
wince the first day of July, and I tell you now, sir,
there is at this moment on foot at Washington the
most damnable conspiracy to break up this Go
vernment that was ever known in any civilized
country. I do not speak from hearsay, sir, for, I
have been in their- caucuses almost nightly for the
last three imonths, and I know the programme
from Ato Z. And it is this : If they can by any
means (which is utterly impossible) secure a ma
jority of the electoral votes for Breckinridge, then
the scheme is, as Boon as he is inaugurated and put
in possession , of all the resources of the Govern
ment, to divide thecountry along Mason and Dixon's
line, the Ohio river, and 265. 30' north to the Pacific
Ocean. In other words, they intend to cut loose from
all theiree States, and to build up a greatelave Con
federacy in the South. and to accomplish this pur
pose they will use all the resources of the Govern
ment proper. But should they fail in this, (as they
assuredly will,) the plan is for South Carolina to
secedefirst—the other cotton States are to follow (I
think he mentioned the order in which...they were
"to go out," but I am not, positive ;) the Border
States are to be persuaded or forced to join them in
their unholy cause, and then we are to have such a
civil war as this world has never witnessed." He
added : "I had hoped, until a month- or six weeks
ago, that Mr. Breckinridge was ignorant of all this
matter;. but I have had evidence, as clear as the
noonday sun, that he is as deeply implicated as
Yancey himself; and more than that, Mr. Buchanan
is into their scheme up to the eyes."
I have given the above statement in almost the
identical language used by Mr. The whole af
fair was of so startling a nature that it made a deep
impression upon my mind, and none of the facts have
slipped my memory.'
In regard to a conversation which passed between
a rebel moldier and myself, subsequent to the battle
of Stone's river, I can only say that he was advo
cating the propriety of raising the Nati:flag, and de
claring that he did not intend to take any more pri
sonete. I• replied to him that war was horrible
enough under any circumstances, but, if waged on
the principle he advocated, the Southern people
would be regarded as worse than savages. To this
he replied by quoting Bishop Polk, as endorsing his
views, saying, "Gen. Polk told the boys, if they
found any trouble with the prisoners, he (the Gene
ral) would not be angry if they did not bring, them
in." Whether he professed that he heard this from
Gen. Polk, or heard it from others, I do not re
in ember.
I have written this in great haste, but feel sure
that the facts are correctly stated. I hope it will
prove satisfactory to you.
Your friend, truly, ALFRED ROSS.
A. , ,YANKEE SPELLING 8008.
We have received from the . publishers, Messrs.
Toon S. Co., of Atlanta, Georgia, a spelling book,
which we regret to be compelled to denounce as un
worthy of public favor. It is, as the author, Mr.
Fleming,admits, a revised edition of Webster's
Spelling Book—in other words, it is a. Yankee
school book. It is the duty of the Southern press to
unite in putting it dowL.
"Mr. Fleming tells us in his preface that no better
spelling book than Dr. Webster's has ever been pre
sented to the American people, ample proof of which
he finds in the Yankee test of the unparalleled ex
tent of its circulation.' He goes on to add that ' his
(Webster's) dictionary may be found in almost every
family, occupying, as it deservedly does, a pre-emi
nence over all others.' This statement discloses an
amount of ignorance on the part of the author
which should deter him from rehashing any more
Yankee school books for Southern use. Webster Is
not the standard of the best Southern scholars ; but
Johnson ' Walker, and Richardson. Webster's or
thography is the detestatfbn of every cultivated
Southern gentleman, and this orthography, Mr.•
Fleming tells us, he has invariably retained. - ()entre
he spells center theatre, 'theater,' and, doubt
less, ton 'tun.' The retention of these execrable
Yankee innovations is enough of itself to damn the
book and drive it out of circulation.
"Mr. Fleming says further, that in very few in
stances Webster's pronunciation has been rejected.
The flat or Italian sound of a, as heard in the word
father, should not be heard in the words grass, mass,
glass, bass, &c. The fiat sound of the letter ain
these instances is a New England provincialism.
Here, again, Mr. Fleming displays gross ignorance.
To this day, the flat, or, as we should say, the third •
sound of a in grass, mass, glass,
etc., is used by the
educated and well-bred classes in England, and by
those on this continent . who have, preserved the
English language in its greatest purity—the-tide- -
water Virginians.
We dislike extremely to speak harshly of literary
labor ,of any kind. But ..Kr. Fleming has labored
very little in reproducing this bit of Yankee clap-.
trap, and he Is poisoning the very fountain-head of
Southern literature. Hid book should suppressed
at once, for it Is to all intents and purposes a Yanked
spelling• book, slightly and easily altered by the in-.
troduction of Bible readinp, on the subject of sla•
very. We do not dwell uron numerous typographi
cal errors, because they can be corrected in subie
'quent editions, if any should be called for, which we
trust will not be the case.
"We must get rid of Yankee orthography , and
pronunciation at all hazards. If we begin by
' centre 'center,' we shall end by pronouncing
dew' 'doo,' and cow' keow.' - In truth, it would
be well us to have an entirely new-language,
"Inknown and unpronounceable in Yankee land:
We must have new coins, new weights, new mea
sures, as unlike Yankee coins, weights, etc., as pos
sible. We must be a distinct people in everything,
or else we will never be independent. At all events,
we must not be duped with a Yankee spelling book,
such as Mr. Fleming and Messrs. Toon kflo. are at
tempting to palm upon us."
ON THE RIOT IN NEW YORIC;
The Mobile Tribune, speaking of the New. York
riots, remarks:
" These riots are the result of- the doctrine taught
by the Democratic partv,.which in New York city
has strength enough to defythe Government."
The Mobile News is very thankful for files of•the
Caucasian, News, and Metropolitanßecord, Copperhead
papers published in New York, and.says :
"We have read the editorials, and ran over the
reprint in these journals with pleasure and surprise.
They are as earnest and eloquent in the advocacy of
peace, and as unsparing in their "hostility to and de
nunciation of the Abolition a war. against the sove
reign States of the South, as the most extreme
Southerner could desire."
FLORIDA,
The Schools of Fernandina.
From correspondence dated July 21, of the Wis--
ccnsin Stale Journal, we extract :
The colored schools, which have been in successful
operation here for the past eight months, closed.on
Wednesday for a vacation of two months. The
progress made by the pupils more than equals the
expectations of the most sanguine friends of the
race. The children have evinced: an aptitude to
learn and a capacity fully equal to white children at
the North, and in all the better characteristics- they
are in no way behind them. *. * *- None who
have witnessed the grateful expressions of fathers
and mothers, and the daily tributes of flowers, and
other evidences of affection of the children for their
teachers ' will ever question the natural suscepti
bility of this people to cultivation and a prompt re
sponse to the ordinary appliances which make man- ,
kind respectable. Corporeal punishment has been
so rare that I question whether, durine the entire
term, among three hundred children, there have been
more than half a dozen cases; and I have never
seen uneducated children anywhere exhibit more
sensibility to the dishonor of a banishment from.
school, or. other similar infliction, than these chil
dren of slavery.
Some of the girls and boys had committed pieces,.
which were properly spoken ; and one little ebony,
only eight years old, showed extraordinary aptness
at declamation in a little piece he hadlearned ;true,
he was in rags, and his skin was coal-black, but &
more intelligent and happy face I never saw. If
permitted, that boy will yet shame many a "pale
face" by his superior intellectual power.
At the close of the exercises, a little book or primer
was presented to each scholar as a preaent for their
attendance and good conduct ; and it was pleasing
to see with what eagerness and. satisfaction each-re
ceived this first testimonial of scholarship. Nearly
three hundred presents were distributed, which were
furnished principally through the liberality of Hon.
Joseidi Hoxie, of New York, who had visited the
schools a few months since, and whose judicious
selections wereuniversally commended and his gene
rosity fully appreciated. These- children will never
forget this occasion.
Among the songs by the - school, interspersed
throughout the exercises—and every child sings in
these schools—was the following, which, aside from:
its intrinsic merit and affecting pathos, was par
ticularly interesting from the fact that just before.
the rebellion, a congregation of slaves a tending a
public baptism, on Sunday, at Savannah, were ar
rested, imprisoned, and punished with thirty-nine
lathes each for singing the song of spiritual free
dom—now a crime since slavery had become a
"divine institution :''
"My mother! bow long! Mothers! howlong ! mothers!
bow long!
Will sinners suffer here ?
Csionts—lt won't be long! It won't be long! It won't be
That sinners
That sinners 'ill suffer here!
" We'll walk de golden streets ! We'll walk de golden
streets ! we'll walk de golden streets!
Wbere pleasures never die !
Cnonus—lt won't be long! &c.
My brother! do sing ! my brother h do sing! my bro
ther ! do sing!
De praises ob de Lord!
Cnoftus—lt won't be long! dm.
" soon be free! we'll soon be freO we'll soon be
De Lord will callus borne ! •
Croomrs—My brother !do sing! my
.brother! do sing! my
brother ! do sing!
De praises ob de Lord!"
And these verses, so expressive and pathetic, are
added to almostindefinitely in the same style by the
interested singers. Now wherethis and the hundred
kindred songs sung by the slaves came from, or who
amidst the darkness of slavery inditethlthem, I can.
not of course say, but it is easy to determine the
source of the inspiration. In patient faith and en
during hope these " Songs of Zion" have been sung
by generations of these bondrnen, as the only relief
for bleeding hearts and lacerated bodies, and now
God comes in judgment to requite the nation for the
wrongs inflicted upon His oppressed and suffering
poor.
EMANCIPATED SLAVE WOMAN PURCHASING A
Another interesting and significant event. con
nected with ,the people here occaured on Monday.
The women called a meeting at the church, to con
sider the propriety of presenting Col. Littlefield , s
regiment, now enlisting here, a stand of colors.
Like the great dinner and celebration on the Fourth,
all was arranged by the colored women, and $6O was
contributed on the spot, by these poorfugitives, from
the hard earnings of their brief freedom—contributed
to purchase an American flag to be borne by their
colored brethren—the flag which had been to them
till now the emblem of oppression ! They oher•
ish no feelings of malignity for the wrongs
Which have' been inflicted, but hail the new
era of freedom with joy, and rally to the
country's standard with pride and satisfaction, now
that the country is prepared to respect their hu
manity and protect their rights. Among the contri
butors was one slave woman, who has five sons and
a husband in the army, while she remains at home
to care for younger children.
Ned Simone, an old negro belonging- to the Dun-.
genneee state of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, on Cum
berland island, and who was left by the rebel inhe
/Ito; Nightingale, on his evacuation of the place
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. died here last week, at the house of the lady teach:
ere of the schools, who hate kindly cared for hira
skme tbeir arrival here. Ned was over one hundred
years old, and remembered General Washington
and was one of the number who assisted
in carrying him through the streets of Savannah on
his hilt visit to that place. Old Ned took a lively
inter - main the /Mini of' the nation, and rejoiced in
the orosyect of the freedom of his race. Se was
deeply iuterested in the cause of education, arid,
though partially blind with age, he desired, himself, '
to learn to read. On being asked why he wished to
learn, when he could not expect to live much longer,
he replied, "as the tree falls, so it will lay ;" his
attainments OZf earth would contribute to'higher at
tainments on high ; and the ladies yielded to his re
quest, and during the last months of his' life he,
with much labor and eCort, acquired a . knowledge
o,fhis letters and s7ilables, ,Poor old Ned f dater a
long life of unrequited toil' and slavery, lie has
"gone where the goad negroesgal , where no elite
driver will ever follow ; where he can sing' "de
praises ob de Lord " in freedom and safety.
TEIAS AND Palle%
DAMlignite from Blatant °roe, s the Ifew'Orleses
Era; contains the following:
hliramon is the ion of FOrt Brown , of late: He
hag attbropted to tamper crith . the authorities here,
but haa-ntterly failed. Theraay that Mexico wants
none orthe services of men who lierve adregdy be
trayed the nation. The people are erweatially loyal
and patrlotio.
The Texas people are desired:trot playing into the
bands of the French. They are up foranything that
will embarrais the United States-, and flatter Faro
peen monarchy. They are playing the pert of ad
venturers to the fullest extent.
A great many Texas Rangers are coming here,'
as they have been coming for the last eighteen
months. Some are- deserters, some subject to con
scription in the rebel service, but most of the
5.1100 or 6,000 - who have passed through this place
Were compelled to leave the State to save their lives,
because our "Mistaken Southern Brethren"'ius
pected- them of being in heart, and in fact; "citizens
of the United States." Many who were skulking
from hill to hill, and forest to forest, in Northern.
Texas, seeking to get out of the country, and only
desirous of being "let alone," have been trailed-by
assassins and murdered outright. ,I 'do not doubt
that 2,600 murders have been committed within two
years in Texas, evecy one of which has been for
"suspected sympathies" for the old flag; but the
new arrivals are all radicals—all intend revenge.
Sixteen men from near Austin, only a week ago,
arrived here. and two of them (one -a nephew of
Gen. Hamilton) is on the way to New Orleans.
There are hundreds of as good men in Texas as
there are out of it. The Germans, and thousands
cif Americans in Texas are loyal; Texas would be
loyal if the reign of terror was at an end.
The Boston Journal of Saturday evening says:
"Mr. George Baker, a refugee from Texas, ar
rived in this city last evening, having crossed into
Mexico he 2241 June, and left Matamoros - on
the 4th o ily. - Be resided in Washington county,
about sixteen miles from Houston. We learn
from him that Magruder was busily at work-con
scripting all the men between the ages of six
teen and sixty, and a great many were fleeing to
Mexico to escape the conscription. There were
some seven hundred of these refugees. at Mats
moros when he was there. Mr. Baker was exempted
from the conscription on account of his trade,
that of a blacksmith. He confirms previous state
ments, that there is an extensive loyal - - feeling
in Texas. which would soon develop if the Govern
ment-would but protect it; Moo rhe had seen
sold in LSbreveaport fora two hundred dollars -a
barrel, and coffee forty dollars a pound; - cotton
cloth at twenty, dollars - a yard. =There were large
quantities of cotton there, which in many, places
was stacked in contiguous piles of six or seven him
dred bales, ready for the torch if it should be-in
danger of falling into the hands of the 'Yankees:
There is very little cotton growing, but immense
quantities of corn. Great quantitiesof cotton are
taken to Brownsville, and sent across the -river to
Mexico, and thence shipped to Havana and other
ports. He had seen six or seven hundred teams
loaded with cotton, moving at one time toward the
river.:
"At Houston he saw the men belonging to the
Harriet Lane who were held as prisoners of war.
The officers of the Harriet Lane had been sent to
the penitentiary at Huntsville, and a late number
of the Brownsville Flag stated that two of them
bad been selected by lot to be hanged in retaliation.
for General Rosecrans having hung two Oontedei.•
rate officers. He states that the people distrust the
Confederate money, and take it with the greatest
reluctance."
The Losses .at Gettysburg.
The following, says the Worid, is an extract from
a- private letter written by Dr. Gordon Winslow,
who -has been connected with the Sanitary COM.
mission since it was organized. The statements
therein contained are very important, and, coming
from the - source that they do, must be deemed more
reliable than any yet received in relation to the
battle of Gettysburg:
GETTYSBURG, -July 27.
DEAR —: You have ere this 'learned that I ant
again in the field with the Sanitary Commission. It -
is a field with which I am familiar, I believe, in all its
parts. Few, however, know or imagine the value of
its operations except those who see the absolute no
ceseities not to say luxuries supplied to oureick and
wounded eoldiera. The wagons and agents of-the -
Sanitary Commission were on the field, in the very
midst of battle, long before any other supplies were
within reach.- -- In fact, two wagons, with the drivers -
and-agents, fell into the hands of the enemy, and are •
not yet released, so far as we know. The rebels, how
ever, have uniformly been treated with so much kind-
ness and-consideration by the commission, that it le -
presumed they will not long retain those of their
agents who were taken without arms, and while die..
pensing mercies to the wounded, both friend and foe., .
My Son work was tomisit all the rebel hospitals, ob—
tain the number of wounded, attendants, physicians,
ete., etc. In hoipitals exclusively devoted to there
I found some s even thousand, and in other portions
of the field, where they were mingled with Union men, ,
about the same number. In all, the wounded On our
side amounts to (14,2001 fourteen thousand two hun
dred, and on the rebel side to about 16 -to 18,080.-
The killed were nearly equally divided, amounting to
about ten thousand, making an aggregate of killed
and wounded forty thousand and two hundred. Quite -
a little-army. It has been our work to take care, as -
far as possible, of this army of wounded men, or
rather to- supply -material for others to do it. All .
the hospitals make their requisitions regularly, and
freely for all imaginable necessities. We have, for
the last two weeks, hien sending off by rail some six
or eight hundred•daily, all of whom we feed- at - the
d6pot, and have large tanks of water placed in the
cars, a surgeon and attendants with stimulants, and
anodynes, & - c., An We have a large ddpOt at the
railroad station, with tents to accommodate some
three or four hundred, which have been full nearly
all the time, day and night, though regularly shipped
twice a-day—as soon as one crowd left another came, .
all waiting, as at the- pool, for their chance for heal
in g meats and drinks, and-for conveyance to some
distant hospital. I have had the charge of all the
departments for some two weeks ; it gives ma full -
employment.-We are now erecting tents at the
general hospital for- our. stores, and probably, in a
week or two, shall find it unnecessary to remain
longer in the city. The battle field is very exten
sive and is visited by thousands. 1 expect to be or
dered to the front before long, perhaps in a week or
two.
Your, affectionately,
GORDON" WINSLOW
The Draft.
The Boston Journal states: Thirty substitutes es-,
caped from the Grapevine Point camp at New Haven, .
on Wednesday, but twenty-one were onicklyrecap 7
tined, and will be tried for desertion. One was shot -
while attempting: to escape in a boat, and fell into •
the water and sank. Another of the runaways -re
ceived two wounds (in the leg and •arm), and his',
death was considered probable. Parties were sent -
out to search for the missing ones.
The examination of drafted men of the Ninth dis
trict has been progressing for the past week - at
Greenfield, With the utmost exertions on the part
of the surgeon, but about ninety can be examined
per day. Of these, about eighty per cent. are ex--
ernpted for cause. Very few pay the $3OO, and for
the most part substitutes are furnished, at prices
varying from $275 to $350.
The postmaster of Pawtucket, R. - T., who was.
drafted, was, as we learn, from the Gazette, pro-,
Pounced exempt on making the following state
ments :-
• - .
1. Be was-an only son, the support of a widow.
2. He had never been able to carry any more than
one day's rations.
3. The Government usually rejected a man who
did not measure thirty inches around the cheat, or
who weighed more-than half a ton.
4: Long marches have a tendency to create exces
sive thirst, which, when not speedily relieved, causes
unpleasant sensations. _
5. A perfect abhorrence of POwder (whether in the
form of fireworks or otherwise) since July 40.863.
his certificate of exemption was signed by all the •
officers as good during the war, or for life.
In the First district, out .of 119 conscripts ex
amined yesterday at New- Bedford, 71 received ex-.
emption papers, 2T furnished substitutes, 8-coin--
muted, and rapeseed.
In the Fifth district, at - Salem, the examination,
began with the conscripts from- Amesbury end
Beverly, and up to Friday night about 350 had been,
discharged, thirty had. furnished substitutes, nine•
teen had paid the commutation money, and about
aeventy-fiv e had been accepted- as recruits_
GOv. SEYMOUR ON CONSOEiPTION.—it is some
what curious, particularly in the Ugh tof recent
events, that Gov. Seymour very actually, fore
shadowed the essential principles of the present con
scription law, months before it was adopted:in the
following words: " Not only the organic law of our -
State but justice demands that every man, who enjoys
- the protection of society should be prepared to defend it.
llecent legislation 'on this subject has departed wide
ly.from this principle; no conditions have been pre
scribed upon which those who have scruples of con
science should be excused from. bearing - arms. Ex,
emptions have been multiplied until large classes are not
only relieved from military duty but also from, giving
any equivalent for such relief. They include numer
ous officials and other classes who have no claims to
exemption beyond those which belong to every citi
zen engaged in useful pursuits."
WHAT WE NT.3,D.—Our Government should . not
permit the slightest avoidable delay in making a.
general draft We need more men. We need a force.
of 300,000 fresh men—one-half to be sent to the rein
forcement of our armies in the field, and the other
half to be stationed as a reserve force along the Po
tomac, the Ohio, and the Mississippi, to be used in
case of necessity. In less-than a year from this time
the term of service of two-thirds of, the troops we have in
the field will expire. These troops were enlisted for.
three years. The greater proportion of them went
into service in May and June, 1£361., and their " time
will be out" in May or June, 1565. It is easy to.
boys or persuade ourselves that by that time the
war will be ended by the utter defeat of the rebel
lion. But this hope may turn out to be a dangerous
delusion.—St. Louis. Union.
A TORNADO.—The Poughkeepsie Eagle,ol Am
gret let; describes the visit of a tornado : Aout six,
o'clock Thursday evening information reached us.
that a severe tornado had visited the country about
three miles north of Poughkeepsie. The tint ap.
pearance of the result of the hurricane is visible on
the north side of Budd's Hill, on the Van. Valken
burg property. At this point the tornado seemed to
have made its first appearance, coming from a south-.
westerly direction. Here there are two or three_
apple trees torn up by their roots and carried some
distance from their base. Proceeding down the hill
through the hollow, covering in width about three.
or four hundred feet of the country thereabouts, the
tornado etruck down a field of twelve acres of corn,
belonging to Mr. Allen, completely , deitroying it.
The roaring sound accompanying it was terrific.
Mr. Jordan stated that it sounded as though a
hundred railroad cars were passing. Nearly one
hundred trees have been blown down and torn
up by the roots. The corn in the track of the.
whirlwind has been entirely dentroyed. One tree
was broken in two in the centre, and the top, or bulky
part blown nearly seventy feet. The scene is truly
terrible. The devastation in the track of the whirl
wind cannot be described.
BEGGING- THE INVADER.—The Dem.dcrat
says that thevebel troops have been driven beYond
the borders of Kentucky, Ay, but they have al
ready come back• again, encouraged and invited by
the disloyal course of the Democrat and its friends.
d_nd why should they not feel impelled to come back
when they see the organs and the candidates of
perhaps formidable party in our State 'denounciag,
the war for the restoration of.the 'Unto:inns a " John.
Brown raid," and advising that not another Mitrt
nor another dollar be given for resits teace to rebo,
invasion t—Louisville Tournaf.